This last year, I've had the opportunity to engage in Adolescent Literacy work around our state. Our founder at Keys to Literacy, Joan Sedita, is very passionate about this work and encourages us to stay in the know, not only with her findings and writings, but other experts in the field as well. In fact, you can find a a phenomenal blog post here from November with the sole focus of Disciplinary Literacy.
Some of my best discussions this summer came from working with fellow Indiana Educators as a Keys to Literacy Trainer preparing them for additional knowledge and application of evidence based practices centered on the Science of Reading. While leading these sessions, my goal was to create cohorts based around community, support, and collective efficacy after our summer week sessions ended. Imagine my joy to meet several of my cohort members in person and to hear how the training has impacted their instruction AND/OR the friendships they made to lock arms with other like-minded educators. The work was long, some days tiresome, but motivating as over 5000 educators focused and reflected on their literacy instruction. The summer sessions were only the beginning for me! I look forward to meeting with the next 150 educators this spring, focused specifically on Adolescent Literacy, to support our struggling students in grades 4-12. Will you be one of them?
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